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About Dhanwahi Kalan Village

Dhanwahi Kalan is a mid sized village in Maihar tehsil, in the district of Satna, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,600, made up of 828 males and 772 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 932 females per 1000 males. The village covers 404.13 hectares hectares.

Dhanwahi Kalan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Dhanwahi Kalan village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Satna
Tehsil Maihar
Area (hectares) 404.13 hectares
Population 1,600
Male Population 828
Female Population 772
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 932
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Dhanwahi Kalan compares

By the 2011 count Dhanwahi Kalan is the 74th largest of the 238 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,325 residents. Its 404.13 hectares work out to about 4.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 947.

Getting to Dhanwahi Kalan

Dhanwahi Kalan is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Dhanwahi Kalan as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Dhanwahi Kalan from other places

Dhanwahi Kalan lies about 38 km from Satna, and the nearest railway station is Maihar, about 8.3 km away. The figures below are straight-line distances from the village to each place. A road journey is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again.

Distances from Dhanwahi Kalan
Nearest railway station Maihar 8.3 km
District headquarters Satna 38 km

Villages closest to Dhanwahi Kalan

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Maihar tehsil.

Source: Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. Figures have not been revised since collection. Read more on our about the data page.

Common questions about Dhanwahi Kalan

As per the Census of India 2011, Dhanwahi Kalan village had a population of 1,600. That makes it the 74th largest of the 238 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,325 residents.

Dhanwahi Kalan village has 828 males and 772 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dhanwahi Kalan has about 932 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 947.

Dhanwahi Kalan covers 404.13 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Dhanwahi Kalan falls under Maihar tehsil of Satna district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Dhanwahi Kalan is Maihar, about 8.3 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Dhanwahi Kalan.

Dhanwahi Kalan is about 38 km from Satna in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Dhanwahi Kalan is in Maihar tehsil of Satna district. Maihar is about 8.3 km away. Satna is about 38 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Patiya (under 2 km), Madai (1.7 km) and Hardaspur (2.1 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Dhanwahi Kalan today is likely to be higher.

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